Fishing Lac Sol in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec

• Overview

  This water sits in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec. The land about it is northern bush. Small at around 2 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Most waters listed here for Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean are larger. The nearest place of any size is Leblanc, 69 km away. Normandin lies 99 km off, Weymontachie another 101 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Sol

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Fish documented in Saguenay/Lac-Saint-Jean include northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and fallfish. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. The near bank of Lac Sol is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -18°C to 16°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Averages suggest open water from about early May through to roughly mid November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Plan around that when you fish Lac Sol.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. If the gate is shut, Lac Roisnay at 0.8 km is the nearest alternative. Nothing here settles the position at Lac Sol for certain.